Animals Fun

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  2. 5. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  3. 6. The sound made by corvine birds (3)
  4. 9. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical (3)
  5. 10. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (9)
  6. 11. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  7. 12. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)

Down

  1. 1. Any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae having a stout short-tailed body (4)
  2. 2. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  3. 4. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  4. 6. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  5. 7. Quacking water bird (4)
  6. 8. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  7. 9. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (4)
  8. 11. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  9. 13. An inexperienced young person (5)